Pure Imagination by Anthony Newly and Leslie Bricusse (1971)

Come with me and you'll be

In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you'll see
Into your imagination

We'll begin with a spin
Trav'ling in the world of my creation
What we'll see will defy
Explanation

{Refrain}

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world, there's nothing to it

There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there, you'll be free
If you truly wish to be

{Refrain}

Come with me and you'll be

In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you'll see
 Into your imagination
   

Source: http://www.allmusic.com/song/pure-imagination-mt0015526726/lyrics

Analysis: 
I chose the song “Pure Imagination” by Anthony Newly and Leslie Bricusse because it goes so well with my theme on “childhood”. This song was used in the movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Fountain” and the lyrics really fit the scene from this movie like in the video shown above. The lyrics of this song really helps explain the limitless imaginations that children have. They are capable of exploring things way beyond the actually reality. I like how the artist uses the title “pure imagination” repetitively throughout the song to give its true meaning. I believe anyone who just reads the title would interpret it to be about childhood because we’ve all heard the saying that, “children have the most powerful imagination”, which is quite true.

This poem is really effective by showing you just how children minds work. They see what they want to see and turn reality into something amazing. Imagination as a kid made life more fun and joyful. Children have visions, dreams, and believe in themselves. They are capable of seeing and doing anything they set their minds to “If you want to view paradise. Simply look around and view it. Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world, there's nothing to it” As you get older, life gets more stressful, and you seem to slowly start to lose that great imagination you had as a child. It’s actually quite sad, if you think about it, that we just let go of such a beautiful and creative side of us as we enter the “real world”.

 While reading the lyrics to this song, it starts to make you imagine and relive all the play dates you had as a child, when you would “play house”, "lava" or pretend to“fight off the dragons” with your cardboard swords. It’s truly amazing how children are capable of developing such a vision that creates a whole new world that nobody else can see “We'll begin with a spin. Trav'ling in the world of my creation”.

            This song is a reminder of how precious and easy life really was as a child. No matter where you are in life, there is really nothing you can compare to the world you created for yourself as a kid “There is no life I know To compare with pure imagination Living there, you'll be free If you truly wish to be”.